Meanwhile, the Tigers are back in the top tier of English football after a ten year absence. Manager Sergej Jakirovic’s team has done well so far this season, standing 11th on the league table with 11 points earned after 9 games played.

Arsenal holds an all-time recrod or 18 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats v Hull City.

This will be one of those matches the Gunners should easily win, however, this is also a match that can spoil a season if Mikel Arteta’s lads do not play up to their potential and control every aspect of the game on Saturday.

This is what is known in America as a “trap game,” and this is a trap Arsenal can not afford to fall into.

With that said, here’s is my predicted Arsenal starting XI on Saturday in Emirates Stadium…

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Havertz

Tzolis, Odegaard, Exe

Rice, Guimaraes

Calafiori, Gabriel, Konsa, Timber

Rice

Predicted final score: ARSENAL 2 – Hull City 0

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The Reds produced over 20 crosses into the box, had 56% of the possession and 7 corners, but Arsenal allowed 0 shots on goal and 0 goals scored, plus adding another clean sheet to David Raya’s goalkeeping resume.

Arsenal didn’t produce much on the offensive end of the pitch, but the lads fought like hell to keep Liverpool from scoring. It was an amazing team effort. It was really a champions-level performance.

Next up is Slovia Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday. The match will be played at the Fortuna Arena in the Czech Republic.

The Red and Whites are currently 32nd on the League Phase table of the Champions League with just 1 point.

With that said, here is my predicted starting line-up for Wednesday…

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Tzolis, Havertz, Madueke

Rice, Eze, Guimaraes

Lewis-Skelly, Hincapie, Mosquera, White

Raya

Predicted final score: Slavia Prague 0 – ARSENAL 2

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The boss can add Noni Madueke, Declan Rice and Riccardo Calafiori to the injured list, along with Max Dowman’s red card suspension.

The Gunners travel to face Liverpool in Anfield on Sunday. The Reds have climbed into fourth place on the Premier League table, and have either won or drawn thirteen of the fourteen matches they have played this season in all competitions.

The Reds are truly in top form.

So, with that said, Arteta will have some tough decisions to make on Sunday if the current injury list holds up before game time.

Here is my predicted starting XI at Anfield…

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Havertz, Gyokeres, Eze

Odegaard

Rice, Guimaraes

Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel, Konsa, Timber

Raya

Predicted final score: Liverpool 1 – ARSENAL 1

Fingers crossed.

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I’m not sure “beaten” is the correct verb since the Gunners controlled the vast majority of the game, except for he Fleetwood Town first half goal, and of course, the penalty shootout. Those two moments turned out to be the most important of the match.

Is it embarrassing, YES, of course it is very embarrassing. Should we be shocked and disappointed, YES, we should be very shocked and disappointed. However, at the end of the day it is only the Carabao Cup, and as we all know, sh*t happens.

Here was Mikel Arteta’s immediate reaction following the match, “It’s a really sad day for us. I cannot fault the effort of the players, but we had so many chances and shots and we needed to capitalize and we didn’t. We almost give then nothing the whole game, but the margins are so small. Attitude wise I was happy with the players, it was nothing to do with effort, or determination, otherwise I would be fuming.”

There you go.

I felt he had a strong line-up to face Fleetwood Town, and I was confident the Gunners would advance in this competition. But, the football gods had a totally different idea.

Next up is Liverpool on Sunday, and the club has no time to think about the Fleetwood loss. It has to be full steam ahead at Anfleld on the weekend.

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Arsenal and Fleetwood Town have never played in the history of the two clubs.

The Fishermen are currently 18th on the League Two table after 13 games played. Ironically, they play in Highbury Stadium with a capacity of 5,327, but only 2,672 seats for supporters.

With that said, here is my predicted starting XI for Mikel Arteta on Tuesday, with a lot of rotation involved…

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Gyokeres

Madueke, Merino, Dowman

Eze, Zubimendi

Hincapie, Mosquera, Salmon, Timber

Kepa

Predicted final score: Fleetwood Town 0 – ARSENAL 3

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The Toffees are currently 8th on the Premier League table with their last league win coming on September 19th v Ipswich Town.

Bukayo Saka has joined the injured list and is currently undergoing examinations to determining the extent of his injury. Obviously, he will not be available for Saturday’s match.

As always, it’s the next man up to fill #7’2 role. That man will most likely be Eberechi Eze.

With that said, here is how Mikel Arteta could line up his starting XI v his old team…

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Havertz

Madueke, Odegaard, Eze

Rice, Guimaraes

Calafiori, Gabriel, Konsa, Timber

Raya

Predicted final score: ARSENAL 2 – Everton 0

COYG!

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